Leisure home ownership, access to nature, and health: A longitudinal study of urban residents in Sweden

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-96

  Hartig, Terry ^a   Fransson, Urban ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; HOMEOWNERSHIP; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 65949110847     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a401     Document Type: Article

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